USN-7958-1: AngularJS vulnerabilities

Publication date

14 January 2026

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in AngularJS.


Packages

Details

It was discovered that AngularJS did not properly sanitize certain
xlink:href attributes. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue
to perform cross site scripting. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04
LTS. (CVE-2019-14863)

It was discovered that AngularJS incorrectly handled certain regular
expressions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause AngularJS
to consume resources, leading to a regular expression denial of service.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04
LTS and Ubuntu 25.04. (CVE-2022-25844)

It was discovered that AngularJS incorrectly handled certain regular
expressions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause AngularJS
to consume resources, leading to a regular expression denial of service.
(CVE-2023-26116,

It was discovered that AngularJS did not properly sanitize certain
xlink:href attributes. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue
to perform cross site scripting. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04
LTS. (CVE-2019-14863)

It was discovered that AngularJS incorrectly handled certain regular
expressions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause AngularJS
to consume resources, leading to a regular expression denial of service.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04
LTS and Ubuntu 25.04. (CVE-2022-25844)

It was discovered that AngularJS incorrectly handled certain regular
expressions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause AngularJS
to consume resources, leading to a regular expression denial of service.
(CVE-2023-26116, CVE-2023-26117)

It was discovered that AngularJS incorrectly handled certain regular
expressions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause AngularJS
to consume resources, leading to a regular expression denial of service.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04
LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 25.04. (CVE-2023-26118, CVE-2024-21490)

It was discovered that AngularJS did not properly sanitize certain inputs
in HTML elements. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
perform spoofing and obtain sensitive information. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu
24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 25.04. (CVE-2024-8372, CVE-2024-8373, CVE-2025-2336)

It was discovered that AngularJS did not properly sanitize certain inputs
in HTML elements. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
perform spoofing and obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2025-0716)


Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
25.04 plucky libjs-angularjs –  1.8.3-1ubuntu0.25.04.1
24.04 LTS noble libjs-angularjs –  1.8.3-1ubuntu0.24.04.1
22.04 LTS jammy libjs-angularjs –  1.8.2-2ubuntu0.1
20.04 LTS focal libjs-angularjs –  1.7.9-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  
18.04 LTS bionic libjs-angularjs –  1.5.10-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  
16.04 LTS xenial libjs-angularjs –  1.2.28-1ubuntu2+esm1  

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